Smells like Converse commerce: Kurt Cobain inspired sneaks

Well, it’s been making the rounds and Travis Hay clued us in, so we had to check it out and it’s true: Converse is releasing a line of shoes not only inspired by Kurt Cobain but approved by Courtney Love and featuring the distressed style he preferred, along with lyrics and scribbles taken from his notebooks.

We were really worried at first what Kurt Cobain-inspired shoes would mean. We imagined all sorts of ghastly images (too much exposure to “CSI” over the years) but reality is much more tame. The shoes are the same types he wore — Chuck Taylor All Star, Jack Purcell or One Star — and are available in black or white, hi- or lo-top and with or without the lyrics and will go on sale in May for $50-$65.